Puppy Mills The Sad Truth
Last week I asked about 10 of my friends if they ever heard of puppy mills. Even though 9 out of 10 of them have heard of a puppy mill, only 2 knew what a puppy mill was. Puppy mills are usually kennels that house not only puppies but also kittens and ferrets. They are kept in cages made of wood or wire. The cages are usually stacked on top of each other, so the animal lays in urine and feces. There usual are 65 to 75 dogs in a kennel. Females usually have 2 litters every year. Once they are unable to have puppies they are destroyed.
Once the puppies are of age they are sold to what is called a breeder and he in turn packs them into a small crate and his resale’s them to pet stores. Sometimes the breeder has a long trip which then the puppies don’t get the adequate food or water necessary for the trip. Pet stores will swear that they don’t buy from puppy mills, but they do buy from the broker that got the puppy from the mill in the first place.
The puppies who survive the puppy mills are never ever given love, attention, adequate vet care, to make them suitable companions. Instead they are nervous, withdrawn and scared of people. The breeders and pet stores don’t even spend money for food, housing or vet care. They just keep them in small cages. So unfortunately they end up selling sick animals.
When PETA decided to do a unannounced vist to a puppy mill in Kansas they discovered that not only were the conditions of the kennel horrifying some of the animals had open wounds, ear infections, and absessed feet. PETA ended up closing and fineing the kennel 20,000.00.
When i think of these poor innocent animals living a lifestye like they are, I sometimes wonder doesn’t our govorner care? Are they really that heartless to be able to justfy gods creatures being mistreated and abused. I for one am planing on doing something about it. What? I plan to help stop puppy mills by not purchasing puppies, puppy food, or anything that has to do with animals where they sell puppies.
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Nickki Connor
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The Benefits of Spaying and Neutering
Have you ever wondered why people encourage spaying and neuterinng your pet? I for one endorse spaying and neutering because it can have a great deal of potential benefits. The best time to spay or neuter your pet depends on the animal itself. Doing research on when an animal reaches the peak of its sexual maturity can help you determine when to spay or neuter your pet, because this is the best time to do so. I would like to take this opportunity to educate you on how spaying and neutering your animals can be beneficial.
Spaying/Neutering makes the animal more docile
You’ve probably witnessed an animal during the peak mating season. In some animals – especially dogs and cats, the males become far more aggressive during this time, especially around potential mates, and will potentially lash out at their owners. In cats and some rodents, males have a territorial behavior that involves urinating on certain objects that they like. This becomes an issue when the animal decides to begin scent-marking certain areas of your house, because the urine contains a pheromone that produces a powerful odor (it’s meant to repel other dogs, indicating that this is "their" area.) Females become more distracted, and will begin behaving very oddly when they enter what’s called their "estrous", or "heat cycle." For the next few weeks, all they will think about is mating, which means if your animal is not meant for breeding, you will have to keep a very close eye on her. Also, in some animals, the females begin menstrating. (Think of what Human females have to go through at a specific time every month.) They begin leaking blood from the pubic area, and become very erratic in their behavior.
Spaying/Neutering improves the overall health of the animal
The benefits of spaying and neutering can also prevent a broad range of illnesses. For example, males can develop testicular tumors and prostate problems, as well as developing hernias from battles over territory and/or mates. Spaying and neutering also prevents the possibility of some types of serious injury. Males will sometimes wander off to find females that have reached their heat cycle. This puts the dog at risk of serious injury or even death from being hit by a car. However, spaying and neutering is in no way meant to be a substitute for a securely-fenced yard.
Spaying/Neutering reduces the number of unwanted litters
There are a large number of stray animals simply wandering the neighborhoods in search of their next bite to eat. While cats actually get along quite well on their own, dogs lose their feral instincts once they’ve become domesticated. The risk of attack increases as the animals become more wild or afraid. Every day, animal control departments receive hundreds of complaints. The animal shelters are becoming more crowded every day, forcing some departments to put animals to sleep to make room for others. In my opinion, this is unfair to the animal, who did nothing wrong to actually deserve this treatment. However, the future looks bright for our furry friends. Many people are creating non-kill shelters. Their sole mission is to find suitable homes for the thousands of stray animals wandering the streets. This is especially beneficial for dogs, because they can’t survive on their own. I hope you’ve enjoyed my post on spaying and neutering , and come back again soon. Until next time.
Nickki Connor
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Maggie & Midnite 2 Minilops
Today we are going to talk about my rabbits Midnight and Maggie. They are both mini lops and were purchased from a very reputable breeder I know. In case you aren’t familiar with rabbit breeds mini lops are rabbits that instead of their ears up they are down. They were both purchased at 8 weeks old. Midnight is black and white, and Maggie is White. Mini lops are one of the more popular breeds. They are smart cute and very responsive if you treat them right.
Midnight is the feisty one. She prefers not to be held but she is very curious. From time to time she will sit on my lap and want to be petted but when she wants to get down she better be able to or she will let it be known she wants released. Most people don’t realize you can train rabbits to do tricks. Midnight is able to come when I call her, stay, run a maze, sit up and a few more things. But with her stubbornness she was a hard one to train. She is more of an independent rabbit.
When it comes to Maggie, she is the total opposite of Midnight. She loves to be held, cuddled, pet, and is very eager to please. She was the easiest to
One thing you must learn about your rabbit before you start training is what motivates them. When you figure that out you’re more than on your way to training your rabbit.
train. She can come, sit up, bow, and hop over things, find things that I hide and a few other things.
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Welcome to Nickki’s where we talk about all different types of subjects. Today’s topic are my 2 mini lops Maggie and Midnight. Maggie is a pure white minilop rabbit and midnight is a black and white mini lop rabbit They are both amazingly smart for rabbits. They are trained to do tricks. For example they will sit up, roll over, and run a maze, come when called and a few others. But she is the one that demands more attention. She needs to be held and cuddled where midnight really would prefer not to be held.
Rabbits like fresh fruit and some vegetables. For example lettuce, carrot tops, grapes, bananas etc. They are clean animals and prefer their cages be kept clean.
Their cages need to be large enough for them to have extra room. Wired cages are preferred with a piece of wood on the bottom of the cage so they don’t develope sores on their feet. Plastic cages I do not suggest because they will chew the plastic and will get sick.
Well that all for now. I wish everyone success in their endeavors and May god bless.
Nickki
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